...Because syphilis infection facilitates acquisition and transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 1 , 2 recent outbreaks of syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in major U.S. cities, 3 including San Francisco Read more »

... New guidelines to assist health care workers in preventing and treating the secondary infections that can afflict U.S. children exposed to, or infected with, HIV, were published by the National Institutes of Health and the Read more »

...yet. Currently, we dont have the means to prevent all the complications of HIV infection." In the early years of the study, secondary infections killed more than one-third of the children who died, but from 2002 to 2006, that proportion fell to... Read more »

...Can anyone tell me if a CBC (complete blood count) would indicate if something was wrong with you in terms of AIDS? If you had cytomegalovirus, thrush, kaposi sacroma...would a CBC or unine anaylsis indicate something wrong with you? If you Read more »

I am 30 YO guy. Worried that I may have got infected. I met this friend of mine on 5th of Dec 2010 which was just a causual meeting after 5 years. After having drinks she started touching me and I got aroused and we end up mating. While in act, she... Read more »

...which cleared up the symptoms (plus 5 Amoxicillin I took before that out of paranoia). Now I'm worried that I might've caught HIV as well. He reassured me he was negative on everything as he has other health issues (diabeties and high blood... Read more »

SO WHAT IS IT??? This is a very intersting question is it not...? Pharma says it's a Condition, others +ve and -ve say its a disease and or condtion.. WHATS THE BLOODY ANSWER!?!?!?! "Oh Eric, I am so sorry for you, thats a horrible... Read more »

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